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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Emergency responders gather near the scene of a fatal bus crash, in Wawayanda, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment, officials said. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
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All students injured in New York bus crash are expected to recover, superintendent says

Two adults died and other passengers were seriously injured. It wasn't immediately clear Sunday how many passengers remained hospitalized.

6 days ago

A car and emergency responders by the side of the road.
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Bus carrying high school students to band camp veers off highway, killing 1 and hurting dozens

State police say the wreck happened Thursday on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda. That's about 45 miles northwest of New York City.

1 week ago

The Google Maps app is seen on a smartphone, March 22, 2017, in New York. On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, the family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions filed a lawsuit against the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system
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Google sued for negligence after man drove off collapsed bridge while following map directions

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court claims Google had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.

1 week ago

People sit together in a circle at a town hall.
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New tactic to reduce Delaware highway deaths: Community engagement

After 165 deaths on Delaware roads in 2022 — the most in more than 30 years — the state is hosting town halls to get feedback on its efforts to improve highway safety.

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Coatesville vintage racers shifted into high gear during annual grand prix

The annual event is meant to promote tourism and downtown revitalization in Coatesville.

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Chinatown has been separated by the Vine Street Expressway since the 1980s. Officials are hoping money in the Infrastructure and jobs bill will be slated to cap the expressway
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Concept phase nearly complete for Philly’s plan to cap section of I-676

The city just released three possible designs for the massive project in Chinatown.

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‘Phoenixville is connected’: Borough set to embark on two major transportation projects

The Borough of Phoenixville is looking to complete two transportation construction projects, thanks to a pair of timely grants.

4 weeks ago

State Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll speaks at a podium
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Parts of I-95 in Philly to be reduced to 2 lanes as reconstruction continues

The new beams are the first sign of permanent repairs to the formerly damaged structure.

1 month ago

A rendering shows a bike trail along a river.
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New bike trail in New Castle County funded with federal infrastructure dollars

The ADA-accessible path will connect Newport, Wilmington, and New Castle.

1 month ago

South view of the Park at Penn's Landing at dusk, showing the mass timber building at its center. The building is slated to be Philly's first net-zero carbon building. (Hargreaves Jones and Kieran Timberlake via Delaware River Waterfront Corporation)
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Everything you need to know about Philly’s I-95 park cap project, officially breaking ground next week

A look at logistics, funding, planning, and travel disruptions for the long-planned project reconnecting Center City with the waterfront.

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A sign about the history of Uhlerstown sits at the entrance of the bridge. (Gina E. Kim/WHYY)
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Your self-guided tour of Bucks County’s covered bridges

There used to be at least 50 such bridges in the county. Only a dozen 19th-century covered bridges remain.

2 months ago

A SEPTA bus in front of City Hall.
Urban Planning

After series of crashes, SEPTA’s safety training may cause bus and trolley delays

The goal is to prevent accidents in the wake of a series of crashes involving public transit vehicles throughout the region.

2 months ago

A SEPTA bus travels down a street in Philadelphia
Community

6 people hurt after 2 SEPTA buses crash in South Philly

It’s the tenth crash involving a SEPTA vehicle so far this year, and the third reported this week.

2 months ago

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Wrong-way driver causes chain-reaction crash in Havertown; 4 people hurt

Chopper footage showed an SUV in the air wedged between a SEPTA bus and a tractor-trailer.

2 months ago

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Philly starts replacing its street lights with more efficient LEDs

The project is expected to cut the energy used by street lights in half, saving enough electricity annually to power nearly 3,700 homes.

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